A shortage of skilled manufacturing labor is on the way, says a new study by Boston Consulting Group. But, says the firm, it hasn’t arrived yet. Many factory managers claim they’re already suffering from a skills shortage. Sixty-seven percent of respondents reported a moderate to severe shortage of available qualified workers in a survey last […]

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The global downturn did not, as many feared, precipitate a repeat of the protectionism that followed the Great Depression in the 1920s and 1930s. However, Pascal Lamy, the director-general of the World Trade Organization, is concerned about the fragmentation of the international network of trade through the imposition of far subtler measures. “The […]

Joe Cogliano Senior Reporter- Dayton Business Journal Email  | Twitter The leader of an effort to bring overseas manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. will kickoff the region’s premier manufacturing industry trade show. Harry Moser, founder of The Reshoring Initiative, will appear at the opening of the Dayton Region Manufacturers Association’s 2012 Advanced Manufacturing Technology Show. […]